Designworks is an Industrial Design & Manufacturing consultancy based in Brisbane.

We develop commercially successful products by taking a human centred approach, cutting through complexity and focusing on the things that really matter.

We learn how to understand your customers,

how they think, what they do and the emerging trends they are attracted to, bringing a fresh perspective to your project.

We are at our best

wrestling ideas into exciting products that delight. Products that change the way people think about their world and place businesses into new competitive arenas.

Rangerbot
Rangerbot
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
GC2018 Queen's Baton
GC2018 Queen's Baton
Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
GroundProbe
GroundProbe
Smart Radar Mine Monitoring
Kaelus iPA Test Analyser
Kaelus iPA Test Analyser
Portable RF Base Station Analyser
Smartsensor
Smartsensor
IoT Waste Management Sensor
British Airways Bag Tag
British Airways Bag Tag
Electronic Baggage Tag
Delta Q alQimia
Delta Q alQimia
Capsule Coffee Machine
Tiggly Connected Play
Tiggly Connected Play
Interactive iPad Learning Toys
Biamp Devio
Biamp Devio
Collaboration Tools for Huddle Rooms
Drag+Fly
Drag+Fly
Swimming Resistance Training Aid
Miura M007
Miura M007
Mobile Payment Terminal
Clarks Digitape
Clarks Digitape
Electronic Foot Gauge
AF70-6
AF70-6
UAV Drone

The challenge and sense of achievement seeing products we design succeed for our customers gets us out of bed in the morning.

Our Design Process

1

Understand where your customers experience frustrations, pin-pointing their functional and emotional needs to uncover new opportunities.

Strategic Design
Design thinking
Behaviour analysis
User insights
Empathy Mapping
Gap analysis
2

Creatively designing ways to challenge and solve the right problems to make unique products that truly resonate.

Product design
Design development
Ideation/Sketching
Prototyping
3D printing
User trials
3

Engineering products that set you apart from the competition. Manufactured solutions that provide value for your customer.

Production optimised
Quality control
Pilot runs
Assembly
Production manufacture
Distribution

Humanising Technology

We translate technology into products that will improve lives in meaningful ways.

We Work With

Start Ups

We are here for the long-run, we will invest in you by providing just the right amount of input. Working together we will enable you to design and manufacture world class solutions that support your brand potential.

Small to Medium Enterprise

Compete on design, quality and a better customer experience. Providing value to your customers through the products we design, delivering solutions that establish your brand and drive growth in revenue.

Multinationals

Never stop innovating. Activate our design team to uncover and learn more about your customers to build your brand with coherent design decisions that deliver the best product possible.

Industrial Design Services

Proven process, expertise, and a team who are fun to work with developing your next product.

Contract Manufacture

Our experience and capabilities provide confidence that Designworks will manufacture your products at the right quality, cost and volumes.

Strategy Lead Partnership

We work together to develop products that make life better.

Design Thinking Process

We immerse ourselves in your brand and user culture to bring not only the best product but the right product to your customers.